# garra
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Gascon garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡara/
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ga‧rra

### Noun

garra f
* leg
    Me fa mal la garra.My leg hurts.

### Determiner

garra
* no, not any (usually with no or other negative particle)
    No sé garra cuentoI don't know any tale.

### Pronoun

garra
* none, not one (usually with no or other negative particle)
    No en tiengo garra.I have none.
** 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 53:En estes casos no se deixa garra espacio entre os elementos anteriors y posteriors, y a barreta.In these cases no space is placed between the anterior and posterior elements, and the slash.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Occitan garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.rə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡa.ra]

### Noun

garra f (plural garres)
* shank (the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
* tarsus (of animals)
* claw, talon
    Synonym: urpa

#### Derived terms

* esgarrar
* garracurt
* garrallarg
* garratibat
* garrell
* garró
* garrut

#### Related terms

* jarret

#### See also

* pota

### References

* “garra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “garra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “garra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “garra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

garra
* inflection of garrir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈkarra/

### Adjective

garra
* attributive form of garas

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Possibly from garfa (“animal's claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (gārfā, “handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”), with influence from garfio (“hook”).
Or, possibly from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garrā; see Cornish garr.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [ˈɡa.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ʁa/ [ˈɡa.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡa.ʁɐ/
* Rhymes: -aʁɐ
* Hyphenation: gar‧ra

#### Noun

garra f (plural garras)
* claw (curved horny nail)
* (figuratively) drive; determination
    Synonyms: ânimo, genica, determinação, tenacidade

#### Further reading

* “garra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “garra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

garra
* inflection of garrir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Possibly from garfa (“animal's claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (gárfa, “handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”), with influence from garfio (“hook”).
Or, possibly from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garrā; see Cornish garr. Compare to English har / English harr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡara/ [ˈɡa.ra]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ga‧rra

### Noun

garra f (plural garras)
* claw, talon
    Holonym: pata
* paw
* (figuratively) clutches
* hook
* (figuratively) passion, dedication, effort or audacity (shown by someone in an action)
    luchar con garra ― fight passionately
    jugar con garra ― play with passion
    Él le pone mucha garra al trabajo.He puts a lot of effort into his work.

#### Derived terms

* agarrar
* desgarrar
* garrapato

### Verb

garra
* inflection of garrir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “garra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tarifit
### Alternative forms

* girra

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

### Noun

garra f (Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴰⵔⵔⴰ, plural girrat)
* war

## Wiradjuri
### Noun

garra
* testicles